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Browns’ Holloman throws no-no in first start, 55 years ago today

This day in no-no historyBy Dirk Lammers May 6, 2018 Leave a comment

The St. Louis Browns’ “Bobo” Holloman threw a no-hitter in his first major league start, 55 years ago today.

Stripling pulled after tossing 7 1/3 innings no-hit ball in MLB debut

No-hitter newsBy Dirk Lammers April 9, 2016 3 Comments

Not bad for your @MLB debut, @RossStripling. https://t.co/57Vbdh9erN pic.twitter.com/mJg8hq3jOw — MLB (@MLB) April 9, 2016 The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ross Stripling tossed 7⅓ innings of no-hit ball in his first major-league appearance Friday night before being pulled for a reliever who lost the no-no. When Stripling hit 100 pitches, Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts took the…

Happy birthday “Bobo,” thrower of no-no in first start

No-no birthdaysBy Dirk Lammers March 7, 2016 Leave a comment

Today would be the 91st birthday of Alva “Bobo” Holloman, who pitched a no-hitter for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Holloman no-hit the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday, May 6 of that year. The game was the pinnacle of his brief major league career, which ended after two seasons with a…

#15, the Baltimore Orioles

The NoNoHitters 30By Dirk Lammers March 21, 2015 Leave a comment

The No. 15 position on our NoNoHitters 30 list belongs to the Baltimore Orioles, an American League franchise that spent the 1901 season in Milwaukee as the Brewers before settling in St. Louis for 51 seasons as the Browns. The ball club has thrown nine no-hitters over 114 years of history. Earl Hamilton threw the…

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